Do you check online doctor ratings? 1 in 4 consumers do

February 18, 2014 9:00 PM

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Online ratings are becoming "a fact of life," a researcher says.

Online ratings of physicians haven't caught on as much as ratings of books, movies and plumbers, but a majority of consumers know they exist and one in four consulted them when picking a primary care doctor in 2012, new research shows.